‘This would be only the fellow’s third actual landing in an airliner. He’d had one good one and one not… Read More
Tragically, the most widely publicized C-5 flight occurred on Apr. 4, 1975, when C-5A Galaxy 68-0218 (S/N 0021) crashed during… Read More
As the C-5 crew turned back toward Dover AFB in response to their engine malfunction, they could little realize they… Read More
The tail strikes the ground, ripping the entire tail structure from the plane. The rest of the fuselage, from its… Read More
“We pilots grew frustrated with the argument; we just needed someone to tell us which way to turn. We were… Read More
The C-5 Galaxy airlifters were approved for a one-time, three-engine flight for permanent repairs. Appeared on Code One Magazine, the… Read More
As Elon Musk tweets challenges to Vladimir Putin, launches astronauts to the International Space Station, builds electric vehicles, attempts to… Read More
Air Mobility Command is surging its use of C-5 Galaxy airlifters in order to give its C-17 aircraft and crews… Read More
Each night the C-5M Super Galaxy flew into Eglin AFB range and released more than 15 flares. This process was… Read More
Empty the Spruce Goose weighed almost twice what a fully loaded B-29 weighed at takeoff when at combat overload weight. They were just insane… Read More
The impressive video in this post was taken after a six and a half hour drive to Preswick airport in… Read More
‘The pilot flying the plane would never look outside; he would fly to minimums on his altimeter and commence a… Read More
Taken last August at Oshkosh during AirVenture 2019 the interesting video in this post features the wheels of the C-5M… Read More
'On several occasions, C-5 local training missions were delayed because the “pet rocks,” as we called them, had to be… Read More
"You could see it. You could see the hole in the back of the plane. You could see sunlight streaming… Read More
I participated in this local training mission solely to make my last landing on my last, “fini,” flight. This capped… Read More
The aircraft belonging to the US World Aerobatic Champion Team were transported intact inside the C-5 several times Taken in… Read More
